Magnitude

/mˈæɡnɪtjˌuːd/

/ˈmæɡnəˌtud/

[noun]

Magnitude

[NOUN]

the measurable size of phenomena such as distance, mass, speed, luminosity, etc. based on quantitative scale

relative importance

a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10

synonyms : order of magnitude

Examples

1. My fear of failure never approached the magnitude my fear of what if.

2. So if the mass of any of the objects increases, the gravitational force will have more magnitude.

3. Multiply those magnitudes.

4. The length of the arrow specifies the magnitude.